by Hope Media | Dec 27, 2016 | news
Ford Kenya has rejected plans by Cotu boss Francis Atwoli to name a spokesman for the Luhya community. Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetang’ula and his deputy Boni Khalwale have challenged Mr Atwoli to tell residents who had given him the mandate to name a spokesman for the...
by Hope Media | Dec 27, 2016 | news
Homa Bay County bears the largest brunt of the HIV/Aids scourge in Kenya, a study has shown. Out of the 1.6 million people with HIV/Aids in the country, 10 per cent or 159,970 were in Homa Bay in 2013 as were 4,629 people or 10 per cent of the national total who died...
by Hope Media | Dec 27, 2016 | news
At least 30 people have drowned after a boat carrying a football team and their fans capsized on Lake Albert in Uganda, police say. The overcrowded vessel was carrying some 45 people. Police say the boat became unbalanced when too many passengers moved to one side....
by Hope Media | Dec 27, 2016 | news
President Barack Obama says he could have been reelected for a third term and that the nation still largely embraces his political vision despite last month’s election of Donald Trump to succeed him. The US leader’s remarks were made in an interview posted on the...
by Hope Media | Dec 27, 2016 | news
The flight data recorder of the Russian military airliner which crashed in the Black Sea on Sunday has been found, Russian officials say. It is the first “black box” to be found from the Tu-154 jet, which came down with the loss of all 92 passengers and...
by Hope Media | Dec 26, 2016 | news
The United Nations is launching a $3 million (Sh300 million) “peacebuilding” initiative in Kenya and Somalia to facilitate the voluntary departure of 3,000 refugees from the Dadaab complex. UN officials describe the 18-month-long pilot project as “unique” in its...
